FOC Newsletter Snapshot

On behalf of the LISC Family Income and Wealth Building team, we would like to acknowledge all your hard work throughout another tough year. Your passion and tremendous innovations continue to inspire us to strive for a better future. We would like to wish you and your families Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Check out our upcoming events below to see what we have in store at the start of the year!

FOC News

LISC Family Income and Wealth Building periodically offers webinars and in-person/virtual training on a variety of topics connected to Financial Opportunity Center® sites such as Salesforce data entry, program management, financial coaching, workforce development, and much more. This newsletter will keep you posted on events in the upcoming month.

We have also put together a full year training calendar for 2022. In this document you will find the types of training opportunities that will be coming next year and when we anticipate hosting them. This will be updated as dates are confirmed.

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Upcoming FOC Events

** Note: All webinars are listed in Central Standard Time**

Jan 19 | 1:00  PM CST | 90 Minutes | FOC Data Corner: Financial Counseling Services

Join us as we take a deep dive into FOC data! Through a series of webinars, we will explore the relationship between the FFT(TM) Performance Report and your program objectives. During these sessions, you will hear from data champions on how they use the performance report to inform their work. Then participants will have an opportunity to sharpen their skills with an interactive activity. We will begin this series by examining the initial financial coaching session and discover how the data can inform future engagements with clients.

Jan 20 | 1:00  PM CST | 60 Minutes | Integrating Housing Stability & Homeownership Topics into Financial Opportunity Center® (FOC) Coaching

Housing is a fundamental human right, essential to financial stability and physical and emotional well-being. Homeownership remains an important vehicle for building assets and generational wealth; safe, stable rental housing also provides the foundation for individuals and families to thrive and work toward their career and financial goals; and the FOCs have a key role to play in helping advance housing stability and homeownership in their communities. Join us to learn more about homeownership resources from Fannie Mae and hear from one of LISC's Financial Opportunity Center® (FOC) partners about their efforts to intentionally integrate housing and homeownership topics into their FOC coaching conversations. LISC's data team will also walk FOC coaches through a newly-launched Family Financial TrackingTM (FFT) Housing Assessment, which will allow FOC coaches to better understand and document progress on FOC participants' housing status, stability, and goals.

Jan 27 | 1:00  PM CST | 90 Minutes | National Savings Campaign Kick off 

In this 90-minute webinar, we will explore ways to increase clients’ savings and credit outcomes and access to a greater continuum of financial products as part of our National Savings Campaign. In addition to discussing what is included in the campaign, you will learn that easy access to relevant financial products is vital for outcomes. You will hear what we learned from your peers about promising financial products and practices to build savings and credit as well as national trends.

Reoccurring Webinars

Jan 3rd  | 1 PM CST | 60 Minutes | Salesforce Support Hour

Salesforce Support Hours are held on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month (excluding holidays). Drop into the Salesforce support hour to have ALL of your Salesforce questions answered, from data entry to reporting. This session is an informal setting that allows attendees to join in at any point during the time period. Come with questions or just join to listen to others' questions. * No registration required. **Note: Starting Nov 1 we have moved to Zoom meetings**

Jan 13 & 27 | 1 PM CST | 60 minutes | Twin Accounts™  Biweekly Support

Hosted on a biweekly basis, this is an informal meeting to allow space for coaches to ask questions specific to Twin Accounts™ via Esusu. Stop by with all your questions or join in to hear from other coaches and the work that they are doing.